Integrated logistics and financial services have been practiced by third party logistics (3PL)firms for years; however, the literature has been silent on the value of 3PL firms as creditproviders in budget-constrained supply chains. This paper investigates an extended supplychain model with a...

In a product market with uncertain demand, we examine a distribution channel consisting of one manufacturer and one capital-constrained retailer. The retailer may fund its business by borrowing credit either from a competitive bank market or from the manufacturer, provided it is also to the...

This paper evaluates the simultaneous determination of price and inventory replenishment when a firm faces demand from distinct market segments. A firm utilizes fences, such as advance or nonrefundable payment, to maintain separation of its market segments; however, fences are imperfect and...

This paper examines the impact of financing on the performance of a two-level supply chain consisting of a supplier and a budget-constrained retailer. To carry out our study, we set up a three-stage Stackelberg game under a wholesale price contract with a financial market. We show that financing...